With an emphasis on Matt MacLellan and careful development as a project manager at his boss and mentor, Jim Kaplan, the case describes the evolution of the human resources Microsoft philosophy and politics, and shows how they work in practice to provide the company with a major source of competitive advantage. He is looking for staff development, motivation and retention efforts in one of the groups Microsoft, product. Unhappy with his role as project management, MacLellan decides to become a developer despite the fact that he never wrote the code professionally. Kaplan faced with the decision to support a radical shift career of his protege, and if so, how to do it not only to meet MacLellan, but also for the organization. "Hide
by Christopher A. Bartlett, Meg Woźny Source: Harvard Business School 19 pages. Publication Date: March 27, 2000. Prod. #: 300004-PDF-ENG
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